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Why, after several generations of suffrage, do women continue to be less politically active than men? Why are they less likely to seek public office or join political organizations? This book presents a comprehensive study of this puzzle of unequal participation.Read more...

Winner of American Political Science Association: Victoria Schuck Award 2002.

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1 online resource (xiv, 453 pages) : illustrations

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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.

Contents:

Citizenship and unequal participation --
Studying gender and participation: a brief discourse on method --
Civic activity: political and non-political --
The political worlds of men and women --
The legacy of home and school --
Domestic tranquility: the beliefs of wives and husbands --
Domestic hierarchy: the household as a social system --
The workplace roots of political activity --
The realm of voluntarism: non-political associations and religious institutions --
Gender, institutions, and political participation --
Gender, race or ethnicity, and participation --
Family life and political life --
What if politics weren't a man's game? --
Conclusion: The private roots of public action.

Responsibility:

Nancy Burns, Kay Lehman Schlozman, Sidney Verba.

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Publisher Synopsis

The Private Roots of Public Action begins with common explanations for the gender difference in participation, from domestic demands on women's time and psychic space through the effects of the patriarchal family, socioeconomic hierarchies, and political socialization...The results of [this] novel analysis are complex and interesting...The authors extend their model to examine the relationship between class, race or ethnicity, and political participation. This unique and accessible volume will be influential in the fields of political socialization and gender and politics. Strongly recommended. -- B. E. Marston Choice 20020401Read more...

"Citizenship and unequal participation -- Studying gender and participation: a brief discourse on method -- Civic activity: political and non-political -- The political worlds of men and women -- The legacy of home and school -- Domestic tranquility: the beliefs of wives and husbands -- Domestic hierarchy: the household as a social system -- The workplace roots of political activity -- The realm of voluntarism: non-political associations and religious institutions -- Gender, institutions, and political participation -- Gender, race or ethnicity, and participation -- Family life and political life -- What if politics weren't a man's game? -- Conclusion: The private roots of public action."@en